On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 12:58 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > Not exactly. Ubuntu made some changes to the core init system a while > back so now we are in this fragmented place where different distros > accomplish the same task through very different means. > > > Setting up the TTY is handled by the Init system. Most modern systems > set up multiple virtual terminals ( 'VT' or TTY) and as a convention, > VT7 is reserved for use by X. It doesn't have to be 7, and many > graphical distros reserve both 7 and 8 in order to provide both a > graphical login and the actual desktop. This is nothing more than a > configuration option set by the distro (in your case ubuntu). Init > systems can typically be configured for either server or desktop use > cases but that is up to the distro. > > > All of the advice you've received thus far has been from users of > traditional Init based distros.
Not my advice, I assumed systemd, not that actually matters for tty assignment conventions. AFAIK, beside tty7-8, tty12 is also reserved for real time log. doesn't use init and instead > relies on systemd to bring up the system. You should adjust your search > terms to look for configuration options for systemd. I don't know how > much documentation the systemd community provides for this, but it lands > firmly within their jurisdiction and is not unique to ubuntu. > > > It sounds like most people here are savvy with init (and not systemd) so > a good search query for the internet might be something like "systemd > configure VT1". > > > Because systemd is a much more recent part of the linux infrastructure, > you will have a harder time finding documentation for fringe use cases > such as yours. I'm curious to know if what you are trying to do is even > possible with systemd. As some have already mentioned your task is > trivial with a sysv init system. > > -Ben > > > On 8/31/20 12:32 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > So I guess some gui gooo seeped into the server goo.... > > Did not think that would matter for a server that has no > > graphics but I guess there is always the possibility that > > someone would install it, so I guess that is why it is left > > that way? > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 2:04 PM Tomas Kuchta < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> There is no tty7 because that is reserved for graphics/X/Wayland > terminal. > >> So, tty6 is typically the last terminal available to user. > >> > >> Tomas > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 10:45 Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> had to move it to tty6 for some reason tty7 did not stick. I think > >>> there must be somewhere that defines how many tty there are > >>> on the machine, I am trying to remember where I saw it. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:23 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Oh yeah, I did NOT do the Hollywood thing... > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:19 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Thank you guys, that did it. every other search sent me down > >>>>> paths to deal with the GUI type terminal... Now I have HTOP > >>>>> but it is on tty7 where I wanted it in the first place. Just swapped > >>>>> the 1 for a 7 and off it went. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:10 AM David Bridges <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> The very first hit for me when searching for the terms below on > >>>>>> duckduckgo more than likely has the information you need since it > has > >>>>>> information for Ubuntu and also information for systems using init > or > >>>>>> systemd. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> start htop on tty on boot > >>>>>> > >>>>>> As with most things there are more than one way to do this. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 22:31 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote: > >>>>>>> Well went against the wall on that one. No inittab... Shows > >>>>>>> you how much I have looked there lately. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Not sure now where to do the work on the console, has > >>>>>>> to be in there. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 9:43 PM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>>>>>> OK, I will go through all of it, has been a long time, did that > >>>>>>>> sort of thing when we set up amateur radio packet switches, > >>>>>>>> had a screen that brought up the switch info. That has been > >>>>>>>> a LOT of years ago. moved to SW WA in 2012, I think I did > >>>>>>>> the last packet radio sw setup back 3-4 years before that. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Yes, it is Ubuntu server and it is systemd... I will look for the > >>>>>>>> config file. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 2:47 PM King Beowulf < > >>> [email protected] > >>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On 8/30/20 8:10 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> That finished nailing it. I am going to work on it this > >>>>>>>>>> afternoon, but > >>>>>>>>>> that data brought it all back. Funny, my searches all brought > >>>>>>>>>> up > >>>>>>>>>> doing this in a terminal screen in the GUI, command line only > >>>>>>>>>> gets > >>>>>>>>>> no respect... > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 3:20 AM Tom < > >> [email protected] > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:41:20 -0500 > >>>>>>>>>>> Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> There that brought a bunch of stuff back (old sux) and I > >>>>>>>>>>>> started seeing light flashes, as I knew I had done it in > >>>>>>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>>>>> past but just could not remember how. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> This is a server box so there is no X on it. I will > >> take a > >>>>>>>>>>>> look at screen/tmux, and see how that does. Thank you > >>>>>>>>>>>> very much. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Hi there. Just place where you see /sbin/agetty in > >>>>>>>>>>> /etc/inittab with > >>>>>>>>>>> the path to the program you want to launch instead. like > >>>>>>>>>>> /usr/bin/top > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Be aware you will need more that just replacing agetty command > >> in > >>>>>>>>> inittab. If you do not and stdout and stdin redirects, you > >> will > >>>>>>>>> not > >>>>>>>>> have keyboard functionality. See my original post to this > >> thread. > >>>>>>>>> -Ed > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > >>>>>>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > >>>>>>>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > >>>>>>>> Ph 4:13 KJV > >>>>>>>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > >>>>>>>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > >>>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > >>>>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > >>>>> Ph 4:13 KJV > >>>>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > >>>>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > >>>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > >>>> Ph 4:13 KJV > >>>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > >>>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > >>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > >>> Ph 4:13 KJV > >>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > >>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
